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Proof: World first: Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-15T04:10:13Z","headline":"World first: Chinese plant extracts critical rare metals from lithium waste","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"scmp","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3367490/chinese-plant-extracts-critical-rare-metals-lithium-waste-world-first?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage","v":1}

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f0391b2885e704ef16d40613bc87fff6722d8d60e7871d643e29c2b0ab28f8f3

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-f0391b2885e7.json prints f0391b2885e704ef16d40613bc87fff6722d8d60e7871d643e29c2b0ab28f8f3. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. There is no OpenTimestamps receipt for this record yet.
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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